THE
SILVERSMITH’S HANDBOOK
BY THE SAME AUTHOR, UNIFORM WITH THEPRESENT VOLUME.
Ninth Impression, price 5s. net, cloth.
THE GOLDSMITH’S HANDBOOK,
CONTAINING
FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ALLOYING ANDWORKING OF GOLD.
Including the Art of Alloying, Melting, Reducing,Colouring, Collecting, and Refining; The Processesof Manipulation, Recovery of Waste;Chemical and Physical Properties of Gold; witha New System of Mixing its Alloys, Solders,Enamels, and other Useful Rules and Recipes.
Crown 8vo, price 3s. 6d. net, cloth.
THE
HALL-MARKING OF JEWELLERY,
PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED.
Comprising an account of all the different AssayTowns of the United Kingdom, with the Stampsat present employed; also the Laws relating tothe Standards and Hall Marks at the variousAssay Offices; and a variety of Practical Suggestionsconcerning the Mixing of Standard Alloys,and other Useful Information.
CROSBY LOCKWOOD & SON,
7, Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill, E.C.
THE
SILVERSMITH’S HANDBOOK
CONTAINING
FULL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE
ALLOYING AND WORKING OF SILVER
INCLUDING THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REFINING AND MELTING
THE METAL; ITS SOLDERS; THE PREPARATION OF IMITATION
ALLOYS; METHODS OF MANIPULATION; PREVENTION OF
WASTE; INSTRUCTIONS FOR IMPROVING AND
FINISHING THE SURFACE OF THE WORK
TOGETHER WITH OTHER USEFUL
INFORMATION AND MEMORANDA
By GEORGE E. GEE
GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH
AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDSMITH’S HANDBOOK,”
“THE HALL-MARKING OF JEWELLERY,” ETC. ETC.
LONDON
CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON
7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, LUDGATE HILL
1921
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.
The object of this Treatise is to supply a wantlong felt in the Silver Trade, namely, a work ofreference from which workmen, apprentices, andmanufacturers, employing the material upon whichit treats, may find information which will be ofassistance to them in the performance of theirdaily duties, and by which their operations maybe rendered more successful. The Author was ledto undertake the present work from having hadmany opp